1000W PSUs

[nicolaus corelius]

how much time would it pass before 1K PSU are brought to market?

[ror_b211]

You can get them, but they're External UPS supplies. You can get those up to 4000w that i've seen. You can get an 850w single internal PSU

[netnamakan]

The Turbo-Cool 850 SSI from PCP&C (http://www.pcpowercooling.com/products/viewproduct.php?show=T85SSI) has a 950W peak output..pretty dam close to 1000W.

This kind of power is not neccesary at all for 99.5% of todays systems.

[ror_b211]

Peak outputs are always quite a bit higher than the real (effective) outputs though. A single PSU on 1000w would probably overheat without loud fans or water cooling.

EDIT: Thats the 850w PSU I was on about anyway

[nicolaus corelius]

but if ur not using 1000W it wouldnt actually overheat that much.

[Hi Ho]

If you're not using the 1000w why waste money on an overpowered unit?

[netnamakan]

If you're not using the 1000w why waste money on an overpowered unit?

Sad to say this, but for many its the attraction of putting 850W PCP&C PSU in their signature. In other words, bragging rights.

[heymrdj]

The day we start needing 1000W of constant power is the day they start giving us 24 processor super computers with a total of 36GHZ of processors and 12GB of memory for $900. :)

[ComputerNut]

Hehe, yeah and imagine our power bills if we use the full extent of that power!

CN :)

[David M]

It won't be too long before that kind of power is needed for the fastest gaming computers. Seems bizarre, but its not unrealistic at the rate things are going.

[nicolaus corelius]

i mean how much time would it take to get from 600 to 1000?

[David M]

I don't think anyone really knows Nicolas.

[ror_b211]

Sad to say this, but for many its the attraction of putting 850W PCP&C PSU in their signature. In other words, bragging rights.

Does anyone actually do that? I've got a 40GB HDD and a 400w 'ColorsIT' PSU in my sig lol (I saved money on a lot of things to get my 3.0ghz CPU). Although I have got 2x256mb Kingston PC4000 RAM in there where as actually only one of them is working at the mo (the other one's defective).

[foolishone]

What do you mean "rice" out their computers as some do to their cars?

Of course, putting in a huge, inappropriate, unnecessary PSU is no different than putting on a huge, inappropriate, unnecessary cap to their exhaust. You can only say that I have the loudest car or biggest PSU.

With some of the mods people do, 1000W could be used somehow. How many does it take to fire up a slurpee machine? (Man, I have to see that.)

^fo

[SirDrums]

A PC that can make slurpies? How about toast Pop-Tarts? Maybe even a little toaster oven for little pizzas? Imagine the cooling for that.

[ror_b211]

If you can get an adapter from molex-standard (plug) you could have an Internal PC toaster. That would be useful, I hate having to go all the way from my room to the kitchen just because i'm hungry...

[Gimpy]

From Thinkgeek.com's April Fools Day:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/ezbake.shtml

[Jaggannath]

I reckon the first real requirement for 1kW will be in computers heading towards virtual reality, where the hardware inputs require more than a little current. However, I'm no expert, not even close. I'd hope there's no processor/memory/HDD/video card ensemble envisionable that alone would require 1kW, but I suppose an adaptation of Moore's Law comes in to play here

[David M]

It will happen. How many times in the past did we hear "Nobody will ever need 1 Gig of RAM" or "How could one ever possibly need a 10 Gig hard drive?"

As far as bragging rights go. I bought my 850 watt PSU because I had previously bought a Thermaltake 680 watt PSU which could not run two 6800 Ultra's and I was not interested in buying a second PSU which could not run them either. So I bought the best. I could afford the best. I really don't care if anyone thinks I am bragging...I know my PSU will work and I know its good for the future. This was when Nvidia only had 4 PSU's approved for SLI.

[ror_b211]

Also think of the power bills for a 1000w PSU when its at full pelt. Microwaves only use 850w maximum! Top end video cards use near enough 100w now, and workstation ones can use even more.

[RazorDX]

Some high-end workstations may need that much. Think about it... up to 4 gigs of ram, dual processors (or up to 8 with new technology), dual video cards, 4-5 high speed hard drives, it all adds up. I've seen people use 2 power supplies... Newegg even sells a server case with 2 500W power supplies, but they may be 550s.